diff --git a/src/riddley/walk.clj b/src/riddley/walk.clj
index b561c3e..02cb49e 100644
--- a/src/riddley/walk.clj
+++ b/src/riddley/walk.clj
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
     (inline-fn '(+ 1 2)) ; -> #function[clojure.core/nary-inline/fn--5541]
     (inline-fn '(+ 1 2)) ; -> nil"
   [form]
-  (when (and (seq? form)
-             (not (::transformed (meta form))))
+  (when (seq? form)
     (let [[fn-symbol & args] form]
       (when (symbol? fn-symbol)
         ;; a function is inlineable if it has an `:inline` function in its metadata, and, if it has an
@@ -50,16 +49,9 @@
 
   ([form special-form?]
    (let [inline-fn (or (inline-fn form)
-                       (throw (ex-info "Form is not an inlineable function call." {:form form})))
-         expanded  (with-meta (apply inline-fn (rest form)) (meta form))]
+                       (throw (ex-info "Form is not an inlineable function call." {:form form})))]
      (macroexpand
-      ;; unfortunately, static function calls can look a lot like what we just
-      ;; expanded, so prevent infinite expansion
-      (if (head= expanded '.)
-        (with-meta
-          (concat (butlast expanded) [(merge-meta (last expanded) {::transformed true})])
-          (meta expanded))
-        expanded)
+      (with-meta (apply inline-fn (rest form)) (meta form))
       special-form?))))
 
 (defn- expand-list-like
diff --git a/test/riddley/walk_test.clj b/test/riddley/walk_test.clj
index 6c9173c..6fd35f2 100644
--- a/test/riddley/walk_test.clj
+++ b/test/riddley/walk_test.clj
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
                            `(int 1) true
                            `(n 1)   nil
                            `+       nil
-                           `n       nil}
-          ;; any form with `::transformed` in its metadata should always come back as nil
-          [form expected] [[form                                              expected]
-                           [(with-meta form {:riddley.walk/transformed true}) nil]]]
+                           `n       nil}]
     (testing (binding [*print-meta* true] (pr-str (list 'inline-fn? form)))
       (if expected
         (is (fn? (r/inline-fn form)))
@@ -70,12 +67,12 @@
 
 (deftest expand-inline-fn-test
   (is (= '(. clojure.lang.Numbers (and 2 1))
-         (r/expand-inline-fn '(bit-and 2 1) nil)))
+         (r/expand-inline-fn '(bit-and 2 1))))
   (testing "Should throw an Exception if the form is not inlineable"
     (is (thrown-with-msg?
          clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo
          #"Form is not an inlineable function call"
-         (r/expand-inline-fn '(+ 1) nil)))))
+         (r/expand-inline-fn '(+ 1))))))
 
 (deftest test-walk-exprs
   ;; the first and third numbers get incremented, but not the second
@@ -223,3 +220,12 @@
 (deftest meta-data-on-inline-function-macro-expasion
   (is (= {:foo :bar}
          (meta (r/macroexpand (with-meta '(+ 1 1) {:foo :bar}))))))
+
+(deftest expand-nested-inline-fn-calls-test
+  (testing "Nested inlined function calls should get expanded correctly (#33)"
+    (is (= '(.
+             clojure.lang.Util
+             clojure.core/equiv
+             (. clojure.lang.RT (clojure.core/count [1 2]))
+             (. clojure.lang.RT (clojure.core/count [3 4])))
+           (r/macroexpand-all `(= (count [1 2]) (count [3 4])))))))